Summary: "I don't want another pretty face. I don't want just anyone to hold. I don't want my love to go to waste; I want you and your beautiful soul..."
Categories: Music Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Drama, Romance, Suspense
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Character Death, Extreme Language, Graphic Violence, Work in Progress
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4
Completed: No
Word count: 3803
Read: 12794
Published: April 01 2013
Updated: April 04 2013
Chapter 2 [part 2] by DarkSovereign
*Chris*
I arrived late after working the night shift at the
hospital to my apartment. More than anything I was
tired. Walking to my big living room I threw my case
on the couch and grabbed the remote and turned on
the tv; settling for my favourite show, World's
Dumbest. As I was about to sprawl myself on the
couch my stomach grumbled indicating my hunger
and I remembered that I didn't eat anything good all
day, and since I wasn't too big on cooking, I ordered
some pizza, my almost daily dinner. I really need to
find a companion to cook for me; I chuckled at that
thought. I started to think about Ara, just the
thought of her made me smile. I frowned as I thought
about her limited time her on earth. She was so
beautiful and had so much to offer the world and on
top of it all I was feeling her in so many ways. But it
was so wrong in so many ways; I was way older than
her and even if we'd pursue something, I'll end up
getting hurt because in a few months she'll be gone,
taken away from me...
"Ara..." I quietly said her name and smiled
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*Ara*
"Ara!!!!" My best friend Lavender screamed and
came up and hugged me as I we met at the Red
Square Breakfast Café
"Lav, how are you doing gurl?" I asked with half her
enthusiasm, partly because of the medication I took
and mostly because of Chris. The waitress came to
take our orders.
"How do you know me Ra? Your gurl always in a good
mood, especially after getting some play play from
Carter last night" she said and I laughed
"Before or after you texted me?" I asked now a bit
disgusted
She looked away; "I think it was during"
"Lavender Johnson!" I gasped in shock
"Yeah well I tend to gather my thoughts well when
I'm in the moment, ya know?"
I squinted my eyes at her, "you're insane"
"Whatever. Anyway what's been up? What did the
doctors say this time?"
I sighed and looked down at the menu in my hands;
"Same old, same old..." I drifted off looking at some
muffins on the menu that seemed appetizing
"Ra? Tell me what's up gurl? I've known you for so
many years now so spill it out gurl" she said as she
drank the ice tea
she bought before coming here
"Well I met someone" I said and looked at her, she
looked shocked
"As in another patient?"
"Gosh no Lav, the doctor who was treating me"
"Whoa, I mean I didn't know you went for older men
now" I glared at her
"No, he's 26 and gorgeous too" I said confidently
"Wow look at you, all happy and shit" she laughed
and noticed me frowning. "Ohkay...what's wrong with
him?"
"I think he lost interest in me" I sighed, "I sound mad
dumb right now, as if we were actually dating. We've
known each other for 2 days for crying out loud!"
Lavender laughed.
"Well I can see you like him Ra; so why not? Just call
him and arrange a date" I looked down and she
looked at me
"Tell me you asked for his number" when I looked at
her she knew I didn't.
"Ara---" I cut her off
"Do you really expect me to ask for his number?
Really Lavender?"
"Whatever. You just lost a good man Ra"
I sighed and looked away, "yeah"
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*Chris*
After I had finished my pizza last night I watched
more t.v and slept at about 11 pm, forgetting that
my shift would start at 3 in the morning the following
day. I was tired and already looking forward to
getting out of here. I mean I loved my job as a doctor
but right now I was beat. My shift would end at 3 in
the afternoon, and after glancing at my watch I
realised I had 50 minutes more to go.
"Thank God" I quietly said to myself as I entered one
of the patient's room for her daily routine. Entering I
smiled softly and sang out her name; "Oh Mrs
Osborn"
She looked from the t.v to me and returned the
smile. It surprised me that an 84 year old still
watched WWE SmackDown and still found it
interesting.
"If it isn't my amazing healer. How are you doing this
morning?" I laughed and helped her sit up straight
"Well the 'amazing healer' part was unnecessary" I
chuckled as she rolled her eyes, "don't butter me up
Mrs Osborn, I'll still have to inject you" I watched her
as she huffed.
"It was worth a try" she mumbled.
"And I should be asking the 'how are you?' question.
I'm pretty sure you miss your family right now"
"It's better if they don't see me like this. They are
used to seeing me all energetic and all. I'm just
happy I'm left with a week here" she finished off with
a sigh
"Two...you're left with two weeks Mrs Osborn. But
rest assured, I'll keep you company" I told her and
prepared her injection.
"I'm sure. Although Marcus could do a better job" she
said and looked out the window with a sad
expression on her face. Marcus was her husband of
60 years who passed away on their 60th anniversary
two years ago. The stories she told me about them
made me realise that true love did indeed exist out
there
"All I want to do is to join him" she started again
I looked at her in confusion, "I'm sure you don't mean
that"
"Oh I do Dr Brown. There's nothing else to live for
anymore, when you lose that kind of love, you feel all
empty inside." she looked at me from the window;
"just promise me Dr Brown that when you find that
special someone, you won't let go of her"
I looked down at the set of medication I had set for
her. She grabbed my hand and I was forced to look at
her
"You have haven't you?" she asked even though she
sort of knew the answer to her question. I didn't
answer her, I proceeded and injected her arm. She
winced a little before asking, "What's her name?
I took out her set of pills, "Ara" I said as I gave her the
pills.
"Beautiful name. D'you know what it means?" she
asked before taking the pills and gulping them down
with water
"I have no idea" I answered as we both chuckled at
my answered. "But I'm sure it means something
beautiful, just like her"
"Don't lose her Dr Brown" she said and focused her
attention back on the t.v
My phone beeped and I knew that it was five minutes
before my shift ended. I grabbed everything I came
in with and prepared to leave, I looked at Mrs Osborn
again and thought about what she just said. "Yeah" I
said as I responded to her previous statement,
feeling like I had already lost her
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*Ara*
I entered an upscale restaurant, Le Republik with
Lavender in toe. We both were beat from job-hunting
the whole day. All the places we went to had no
vacancies.
"I'm so tired Ra. Look at my feet, they're breathing in
and out" Lavender whined and sat down once we
were inside the restaurant. I asked for the manager
and the cashier agreed and went to call it.
"Hang in there Lavender. We're almost done. Trust
me if I don't get this one, we're done for the day" I
told her as the manger approached us. I put on the
best smile I could for her
"Good afternoon ladies, my name is Claire Goodman.
How may I help you?" she gave us a warm smile
"Actually I'd like to know if you still give jobs away..."
I drifted off not knowing what to say next. Her eyes
shone bright like she had found the secret to end
poverty in the world
"You're in luck Miss---"
"Powa, my name is Ara"
"Well you're in luck, one of my employees quit today
for no apparent reason. Oh my you're heaven sent
Ara, I've been wrecking my brain trying to find a
replacement for her. We can't be short of employees,
especially at this time of the year"
"Thank you ma'am. When can I start?" I asked with
excitement building all over me.
"How about tomorrow? At 8. We'll discuss the salary
and hours tomorrow when you start, how about
that?" she asked still holding that smile
"Sounds great" I said shaking her hand, "I can't wait
to start working here"
"Can't wait to have you here" she said and we said
our goodbyes to each other
"You see? Everything works out for the best"
Lavender said emerging from her seat
I smiled and looked at her, "yeah it does. Now let's
get out of here, I'm so beat" I told her as we made
our way out of the restaurant. As we went out the
door, I accidentally bumped into someone
"Oh sorry" the guy replied and we looked at each
other; I then realised who it was.
"Chris..." I said barely above a whisper
"Ara" he said looking down at me with his chocolate
brown eyes that I drew me in. The way we were close
to one another made the situation more intense
"Chris..." I repeated, never taking my eyes off him, "I
didn't think I'd ever see you again"
"Me neither. Where are you going?" he asked
absentmindedly using the same tone as I did
"Home...and you?"
"To eat here, this is my favorite place to eat at"
"Uhm excuse me but Ara we have to go. We're tired
remember?" Lavender interrupted us and I looked
her, taking note of her hair all over the place and her
sort of tired, bloodshot eyes. I then looked back at
Chris
"She's right, I have to go" I said somewhat
disappointed that our encounter was short lived
"Before you go" he fumbled in his pocket and took
out his phone and held it in his shaky hands, "I was
wondering if I could get your number, maybe we
could do something together sometime."
I looked down at it and smiled as I took his phone,
"sure" I responded as I typed in all my digits in his
phone and saved it.
"Here you go" I said as I gave it back to him
"Thanks, I promise to call" he said in a shaky voice
and said goodbye to both of us before walking inside
the place we just left.
"Wow" I said as l looked at the hand that held his
phone
"That's the doctor? That's enough reason for me to
stay out in the cold" I looked at Lavender and rolled
my eyes and laughed a little.
"You're crazy. Now let's get out of here before I get
tempted to go back there to him" I told her and she
agreed. We called out for a taxi and got inside once
we found one. I looked back at the building that I
knew he was in, praying that he indeed will call...
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